Samsung plays nice with Google by shutting down its own music service

In 2012, Samsung launched the Music Hub, which combined features from iTunes, Spotify and Pandora. The Hub has since expanded to include videos, eBooks and apps, and it comes preinstalled on Samsung phones. In other words, it was pretty clearly a Google Play competitor.

Now it looks like the gradual shut down of Samsung Hub has begun, with TechRadar reporting that Samsung Music Hub users have received emails that say the Music Hub “will no longer be available” after July 1. The email also directs users to “take the time to download all purchased content and use any remaining vouchers for Samsung Music before July 1, 2014 – after that date they will no longer be available.”

Engadget is also reporting that Samsung is shutting down the eBooks section of the Hub, and will be merging its eBooks store into a “Kindle for Samsung” app.